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NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 6
This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will the $350 NFFC Online Championship (OC). It’s the perfect weekly framework for our purposes for […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 6
Every Monday during the NFL season, I am going to be presenting you with my top three waiver wire claims to prioritize for your fantasy football teams. I will also include a shortlist of other options. These are players worth consideration if your team is in a bind, but not ones that take priority over […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 6 in fantasy football
Week 5 of the NFL is just about in the books, but I am already looking forward to fantasy football in Week 6. It is always fun to look ahead at the next slate and make a mental note of some of the players with the best matchups and now that we are five weeks […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football preview for Week 6
We are now just about five weeks into the NFL season, and plenty continues to change in the fantasy football landscape. Keeping track of notable information and applying it going forward can be very important to your fantasy success and with bye weeks starting in Week 6, it becomes even more important. Let’s take a […]
Adam Pfeifer
NFL
Fantasy
Sunday Football Locks and DFS Breakdown – Week 5
QB Tom Brady Kyler Murray RB Derrick Henry Aaron Jones Ezekiel Elliott Damien Williams Chuba Hubbard WR Davante Adams Chris Godwin DeAndre Hopkins Mike Evans A.J. Brown Jaylen Waddle TE Mike Gesicki Hunter Henry Dan Arnold DEF Minnesota Vikings New England Patriots Bets Tampa Bay Buccaneers -10 Arizona Cardinals -5 Note: There’s still some injury […]
Nelson Sousa
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football injury situations to watch for Week 5
Welcome to the Week 5 injury report and fantasy football impact article. Injuries are the worst part of football, but we can’t pretend like they don’t happen and that they don’t have an impact on fantasy football decisions. Each week during the 2021 NFL season, I’ll walk us through the key injury news and notes […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
The Fantasy Football Report for Week 5
Fantasy football is a series of intense sprints crammed into a marathon. We fly through each week at breakneck speed, and it’s easy to lose sight of the finish line. Of course, we all know the end goal: to win. But getting to that goal isn’t easy, and many times we make that task even […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Freedman’s Week 5 fantasy football breakdown
It’s Week 5. We’re past the point of introductions … … checking contract … On second thought, maybe I should write an introduction of … checking contract … between 50 and 1,000 words. I’m not sure how many words I’ve written so far, but I think another sentence — one that’s way, way longer than […]
Matthew Freedman
NFL
Fantasy
Using betting lines to set your Week 5 fantasy lineup
Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season has arrived, and it’s time to set our fantasy football lineups. As always, lineup decisions are the hardest part of your life as a fantasy manager, and you’ll want to consult as many factors as possible to help you make those choices. Since you’re reading this article, it’s […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football rankings vs. expert consensus – Week 5
It’s time to set fantasy football lineups for Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season, and that means consulting rankings and making tough decisions. One of the most popular tools here at FTN is our fantasy football rankings. Each week, we bring you non-PPR, PPR and half-PPR rankings to help you win your league. But […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Directional passing update for Week 5
During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their weapons all over the field. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting. Short Passing It’s a bit surprising […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Directional rushing update for Week 5
During the NFL season, we’re going to break down how different offenses are utilizing their running backs. As the year goes on, patterns begin to emerge that will allow us to anticipate and exploit mismatches between a defense and an offense that we’re targeting in fantasy football. Bird’s Eye View Red is left, […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Expected Fantasy Points Report – Week 5
Welcome to the Week 5 edition of FTN’s Expected Fantasy Points Report. The premise is simple: Each time a player earns an opportunity, there’s a certain amount of fantasy points you can expect them to score. Using the rich FTN Data database, we’ve done the math for you. You can compare a player’s XFP to […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Start or Sit: Week 5 sponsored by TopProp
You hear the term “play your studs” a lot in fantasy football, and I’m a believer in that strategy. But there are tough matchups each week that we should look into. There may be times when we hit the bye weeks and injuries result in more volume and opportunity for a bench player on your […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
WR/CB matchups for fantasy football – Week 5
Fantasy football is all about the matchups, especially when it comes to WR vs. CB. Remember when fantasy matchup analysis used to be “Team A gives up the most fantasy points to wide receivers”? Well, we’ve moved from analog to digital and now look at matchups on an individual level. Each week, I dig through […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football sleepers for Week 5
Week 5 of the 2021 NFL football season is just about to start, and it’s time to fine-tune your fantasy lineups. This includes hunting for solid flex players and sleepers that can pop off and help you win the game. Each week during the NFL season, this article will highlight some deep sleepers for you […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Weekly HOFL Update: Week 5
We’re just about 25% through the NFL regular season and the Hall of Fantasy league continues to truck along with some of the best fantasy football analysts and players in the business. If you are unfamiliar with the league, they do a fantastic job of laying everything out clearly and concisely on their homepage: “The […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming DSTs for Week 5 in fantasy football
Streaming defense/special teams (DST) has been a fantasy football strategy for as long as I have played the game. More times than not I’m not going to be looking to get attached to any particular DST due to the schedule/matchups and being able to churn and burn via free agency. Listed below are DSTs that […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football flex rankings for Week 5
It’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to break out the flex fantasy football rankings for Week 5 of the 2021 NFL season. If you’re new to the concept of flex rankings, these are simply the combined overall rankings for running back, wide receiver, and tight end for each week during the fantasy football season. […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Splits tool update for Week 5 – Fantasy football players to watch
As the NFL season progresses, we’ll go through and use our FTN Splits Tool to look for team- and player-level trends to help us through our fantasy season. As we head into Week 5, we can look at our splits tool to identify three things to watch for this weekend. The Highest Total of Week 5 […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming TEs for Week 5 in fantasy football
The tight end position continues to have a wide range of outcomes when it comes to fantasy points scored compared to their ownership percentage. The top five in fantasy points scored in Week 4 were C.J. Uzomah, Dawson Knox, Mo Alie-Cox, Jared Cook and Dalton Schultz. This was the first week Travis Kelce didn’t crack […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
NFL FAAB Strategy for Week 5
Welcome to FAAB Whisperer, my High-Stakes FAAB projection piece. This weekly column will serve as a supplement of our traditional FAAB column, but with its own spin. Specifically, for the many of you who play higher stakes at NFFC and FFPC. The basis for our weekly bid review will be the $350 NFFC Online Championship […]
Vlad Sedler
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Targets – Week 5
Four weeks are in the books, so it’s time to take a look at the Week 5 fantasy football trade targets. The goal here is to highlight a few players who have seen their stock rise and fall, which ultimately leads to buy-low and sell-high trade targets in fantasy football. If you’re looking for Week […]
Chris Meaney
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Market Share Update – Week 5
Each week during the season, we’ll take a look at the changing landscape of usage in the NFL and fantasy football. Whether you’re looking for a waiver-wire pickup, deciding on a tough start/sit decision or looking for a DFS play, understanding how players are being used is vital to success during the season. The Running […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy Football Trade Value Chart – Week 5
Welcome to FTN’s Week 5 fantasy football trade value chart, where we provide you with relative values for every relevant fantasy player for the rest of the season to help you make a trade. The trade value chart is based on a 12-team league that starts 1 QB, 2 RBs, 3 WRs, 1 TE and […]
Tyler Loechner
NFL
Fantasy
Week 5 fantasy football waiver wire rankings
It’s time for the Week 5 fantasy football waiver wire. Fantasy waivers can often make or break your season. Making the right decision on which players to add and drop is crucial, so we have you set up with a deep list of potential waiver wire adds for Week 5. We cast a wide net […]
Jeff Ratcliffe
NFL
Fantasy
Dynasty moves to make entering Week 5
In dynasty fantasy football leagues, it’s important to be ahead of the curve. If you’re one step ahead of your league mates in your transactions, then you can take advantage of windows to roster players before the market corrects or wises up. That’s what we’ll be covering weekly here — players to add, hold, or […]
Derek Brown
NFL
Fantasy
Matt’s Musings | NFL Data Study, Week 5
Every Monday, I find myself in a bit of NFL data purgatory. We’re waiting for the week to come to a proper ending, and the data is still yet to be finalized. It’s a great time, however, to look at some historical trends and do some digging on some things we can leverage in the […]
Matt Jones
NFL
Fantasy
High-stakes fantasy Week 4 thoughts
It’s important each week of the NFL season to step back and take stock of what we saw in the previous week so we can properly prepare for the week to come. Each week, I’ll be offering my thoughts on what we saw. Here are my quick fantasy football thoughts from all the Week 4 […]
Nelson Sousa
NFL
Fantasy
Streaming QBs for Week 5 in fantasy football
Now that we have four weeks of data from this NFL season, we are getting a sense of each team’s identity and what we should project moving forward. Last week’s article was just about perfection. If you read it and streamed Sam Darnold, Matt Ryan or Taylor Heinicke, you ended up with a top-four QB […]
Matthew Davis
NFL
Fantasy
Fantasy football waiver wire targets for Week 5
Every Monday during the NFL season, I am going to be presenting you with my top three waiver wire claims to prioritize for your fantasy football teams. I will also include a shortlist of “other options”. These are players worth consideration if your team is in a bind, but not ones that take priority over […]
Joe Metz
NFL
Fantasy
Matchups to target for Week 5 in fantasy football
It is never too early to look ahead in fantasy football. Week 4 of the NFL season is just about in the books, but because we are all addicted to this silly game, looking at the Week 5 matchups seems perfectly normal on a Monday afternoon/ Here are three of the top matchups ahead of […]
Adam Pfeifer